commitable = run_status(fp, index_file, prefix, 1);
                wt_status_use_color = saved_color_setting;
        } else {
-               struct rev_info rev;
                unsigned char sha1[20];
                const char *parent = "HEAD";
 
 
                if (get_sha1(parent, sha1))
                        commitable = !!active_nr;
-               else {
-                       init_revisions(&rev, "");
-                       rev.abbrev = 0;
-                       setup_revisions(0, NULL, &rev, parent);
-                       DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev.diffopt, QUIET);
-                       DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev.diffopt, EXIT_WITH_STATUS);
-                       run_diff_index(&rev, 1 /* cached */);
-
-                       commitable = !!DIFF_OPT_TST(&rev.diffopt, HAS_CHANGES);
-               }
+               else
+                       commitable = index_differs_from(parent, 0);
        }
 
        fclose(fp);